F.1 How to Use This Appendix

Some administrative operations cause configuration changes to your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment. These are called administrative changes, and include deploying and undeploying applications, adding or deleting Managed Servers or components, changing ports, creating and deleting users, and changing passwords. As an administrator, you should be aware when administrative changes occur because you may need to back up your environment or perform some synchronization procedures.

This appendix provides examples of administrative changes, listed by component. You can use this as a guide for performing the following procedures:

Backup and Recovery

Oracle recommends you perform a backup after each administrative change to your environment. You can use this appendix to determine the types of administrative changes that require you to back up your environment.

Disaster Recovery Synchronization Between the Primary and Standby Sites

When you implement Disaster Recovery, you must update standby sites when you make an administrative change to your environment. You can use this appendix to determine the types of administrative changes that require you to update your standby sites.

F.2 Examples of Administrative Changes (by Component)

Table F-1 provides examples of administrative changes, by component. Consult your component documentation to learn more about these operations.

Table F-1 Examples of Administrative Changes

Component

Examples of Administrative Changes

Directory Integration and Provisioning

Directory Integration and Provisioning administrative and configuration operations, such as running the ldapsearch utility

Dynamic Monitoring Service (DMS)

Manual edits to DMS configuration files, such as dms.conf

Fusion Middleware Control

Domain-wide or component-specific administrative and configuration operations performed using Fusion Middleware Control, changing port numbers, deploying and undeploying applications, and operations that result in configuration file changes

Oracle HTTP Server

Oracle HTTP Server administrative and configuration operations performed using Fusion Middleware Control, such as configuring modules, such as mod_wl_ohs, and creating virtual hosts

Manual edits to Oracle HTTP Server configuration files

Oracle HTTP Server administrative and configuration operations, such as registering a component with a domain, using the opmnctl utility

Oracle Internet Directory

Oracle Internet Directory administrative and configuration operations, such as running the oidpasswd utility (password management), and installing and removing components

Oracle Forms Services

Oracle Forms Services administrative and configuration operations performed using Fusion Middleware Control

Oracle Portal

Oracle Portal administrative and configuration operations performed using Fusion Middleware Control

Oracle Portal administrative and configuration operations using the Administration screen in the Portal User Interface

Manual edits to Oracle Portal configuration files

Running the ptlconfig script

Running any Portal-specific scripts that modify the database-side configuration for Portal, for example, disabling Oracle Web Cache or changing some background job frequencies in Portal

Oracle BPEL Process Analytics

Oracle BPEL Process Analytics administrative and configuration operations performed using Fusion Middleware Control

Oracle Reports Services

Oracle Reports Services administrative and configuration operations performed using Fusion Middleware Control, such as operations on the "Reports/Configuration" page

Manual edits to Oracle Reports Services configuration files

When the Reports server receives a job insert or update, such as when adding a new job or moving a job from one queue to another. Note: Oracle recommends that you perform backup and file synchronization more frequently when running Oracle Reports Services.

Domain-wide or component-specific administrative and configuration operations performed using the Administration Console, such as changing passwords, deploying and undeploying applications, and operations that result in configuration file changes

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